Month: May 2017

05 28 I Peter 2:4-8 Just like a construction project we, as Christians, are under construction.  We are being built into a spiritual house in order to be a royal priesthood so that we can offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God.  The foundation on which we are built is Jesus Christ as our cornerstone.  Those who reject Him stumble because of Him.  Their stumbling over Him will result in their own downfall.  On which foundation are you building on?  If it’s on the foundation of Christ, is your service acceptable to Him as a sacrifice?

05 21 I Peter 2:2-3 What is it you crave?  Peter exhorts us to crave pure spiritual milk.  How hungry are you to spend time in God’s Word?  We should have an insatiable desire, a longing for it that never diminishes.  From it we grow up in respect to our salvation as we taste the goodness of God so that we desire more until we see Christ when the culmination or salvation is realized.  Thirst after God’s Word as a deer thirsts for the water brook.

05 14 I Peter 2:1 Encouraging believers in the previous chapter to live a holy life and love others sincerely, Peter now mentions several sins that we are to throw off.  They should not be part of the Christian’s character.  Their presence disrupts unity in the church.  We are to get rid of them.

05 07 I Peter 1:23-25 We find in today’s message that the Word of God saves.  The gospel – Jesus died for our sins, was buried, and rose again – is the power of God to salvation for all who believe.  The Word of God endures and is living and is the message we are to proclaim to the world.

04 30 I Peter 1.22 Love always.  That’s the general theme of Peter’s exhortation to do so sincerely and fervently.  Our love for each other in the body of Christ is a testimony to a watching and wondering world.  What kind of love are we showing each other?  There are plenty of opportunities.  May it be said of us: see how they love one another.